Sale of a female donkey to a man from the Small Oasis TM 121946From Oxyrhynchite nomeNovember 28, 198 CE

Pallas son of Hatres, his mother being […], from the city of Oxyrhynchus, acknowledges that he has sold to Herakleides son of Didymos son of […], his mother being Helene, from Aphrodisiou of the Small Oasis, a female donkey, white in colour, full-grown, unbranded, for the agreed price of 320 drachmas of silver of the imperial coinage, which the acknowledging party Pallas son of Hatres has received on the spot from Herakleides in full, and that he will guarantee the sale. If anyone lays hold of her, claiming to be owner, the acknowledging party will drive him off […] at his own expense, or else will restore to Herakleides the aforesaid price paid out by him. The sale is valid. Year 7 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Caesars, the lords Augusti, month Hadrianos 2. I, Pallas son of Hatres, have sold the donkey and received the price, the 320 silver drachmas, and I will guarantee it as stated above. […] I, Paesis son of Ploutarchos, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, wrote on his behalf, since he does not know letters.